Franz Kober

Franz Josef Kober ( born April 15, 1956 in Mamming ) is a German engineer and entrepreneur.

Life

After studying Engineering Science at the University of Applied Sciences Munich, he began to press in the cinema industry. Until 1992, Kober worked as general manager of surround sound, a manufacturer of projectors. In 1995 he was Managing Director and owner of Ernemann and, together with Reinhold Hampf Cine Project. He is considered a pioneer of the film industry, as it the cinema to the public made ​​accessible through his work in several countries. The company applies with 40 employees (as of 2004) as the world's fifth largest provider of cinema equipment, as well as the company is in possession of the largest mobile screen in the world, which came at the Cinema Project One, among others, at the Olympic Stadium in Munich for use.

He is the older brother of the cameraman Helmfried Kober and the nephew of the entrepreneur Ignatz Wimmer. Kober lives with his family in Landshut.